Overshoe.



A. JOHNSON.

ovERsHo, v A PPLlCATlN FILED 001111. 1917.

l 2763 925 ,e Patented Aug. 27, 1918.

WITNESS: IN VEN TOR.

A TTORNEYS ALFRED JOHNSONv7 or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

OVERSHOE.

Application filed October 11, 1917.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALFRED JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Detroit, in the county of lVayne and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOvershoes, of which the following is a specification, reference Ibeinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.y

This invention relates to overshoes, and has special reference to a soleprotecting device in contradistinction 'to an'overshoe that incloses orcovers the heel portion of a shoe.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a shoe sole protectingdevice that may be easily and quickly slipped or fitted on to the soleof a shoe and clamped in engagement therewith so as not to becomeaccidentally displaced while being worn.

Another feature of my invention is to furnish a sole protecting` devicewith a gripping member that will retain the side edges or flanges of thedevice in engagement with the edges of a. shoe sole, and with a clamping device that may be easily and quickly actuated to lock theprotecting device on the shoe sole.

A further object of my invention is to accomplish the above result, by asimple, durable and inexpensive construction that will be hereinafterspecically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had tothe drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shoe providedwith the sole protecting device, which is partly broken away and partlyin section;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the same, showing the clamping device in anopen position by dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a. portion of the shoe sole protectingdevice, illustrat- V ing a gripping member, and

Fig. a is an enlarged cross sectional view of a port-ion of the shoesole protecting device, showing the use of a sealing member.

1n the drawing, the reference numeral 1 denotes a plate conforming inplan to the shape of a` shoe sole 2, and said plate has the side andfront edges thereof formed with an upstanding inturned wall or flange 3adapted to snugly engage the side edges of the sole 2 and extendingthereabove and in proximity to the toe cap and upper 4L of the shoe. Theupper edges of the wall or flange 3 is formed with a barrel or bead 5and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented' nag. et, rois..

Serial No. 196,055.

otherwise fastened to the inner side of the flange or wall 3 and theloop portions 8 eXA tend inwardly and are adapted to engage on the upperedges of the shoe sole 2 and cooperate with said wall or flange inretaining the device in engagement with the shoe sole. It preferable togive the piece of wire 6 a slight twist before'eonnecting the endsthereof to the wall ork flange 3, so'that said piece of wire will besprung inwardly and thus tend to hold the upper edges of the fla-nge orwall in engagement with the upper of the shoe. The piece of wire 6,together with the looped portions S thereof constitute a gripping memberaround the sides or walls of the plate 1 for holding said plate inengagement with the shoe sole The inner end of the plate l termina-tesin a tongue 9 and the wall or flange 3 haslits ends merging into orterminating at said tongue. Connected to the lower face or outer side ofthe tongue 9 is a. metallic member 10 and this member is in the form ofa disk that may be countersunlr in the tongue 9 and connected thereto byprongs 11 eX- tending through the tongue and clenched on the inner orupper face thereof.

Pivotally connected to the member 10, centrally thereof as at 12, is alever 13 and pivotally connected to said lever, equi-distant from thepivot 12, are the innerI ends of clamping arms 14. The arms 14 areslidable in staples or guides 15, carried by the tongue 9, and the outerends of said arms are shaped to engage the sole 2 at the instep portionor arch of said sole, the outer ends of the arms being somewhat hookshaped so as to engage the upper projecting edge of the shoe sole.

The out-er end of the lever 13 terminates in a handle portion 16 that isresilient and 4may be sprung into engagement with a side edge of thearched sole 2 adjacent the heel of the shoe. ln this manner, the lever13 may be locked against accidental movement, and with the clamping arms14 in a. closed position on the shoe sole 2, said clamping devicepositively holding the tongue 9 against the arched portion of the sole 2and with the plate 1 in proper position to be safely worn.

The plate 1 and its walls or flanges 3 may be made of rubber or amaterial similar to an ordinary overshoe, so as to protect the shoe sole2 from dampness7 mud, water or the elements. The protecting device iswater proof and as contributing toward the further protection of theshoe sole, the inner side of the wall or fiange 3 may be provided with asealing or packing member 17 that may be placed under compression whenthe protecting device is placed on the shoe sole, to seal the connectionbetween the wall or ange 8 and the upper of the shoe, thus preventingmud, sleet or water from entering any space that may exist between theplate l, and the wall or flange 3, and the shoe sole or upper.

For other purposes than that of using the protecting device to excludedampness or rain from the shoe sole7 the plate l of said device may bemade of metal, fire proof or indurate material, so as to protect a workmans shoe from hot or rough surfaces.

One embodiment of my invention has been illustrated but it is to beunderstood that the structural elements are susceptible to suchvariations and modiiications as fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

TWhat l claim is l. A shoe sole protecting device comprising a platehaving an inturned wall adapted to engage the side edges of a shoe sole7a gripping member in the upper edges of said wall and having endportions adapted to overlie the side edges of a shoe sole, clamping armson the inner end of said plate adapted to engage the side edges of ashoe sole, and means connected to said arms and adapted to engage theside edge of a shoe sole to hold said arms in engagement therewith.

2. An overshoe comprising a plate adapted to engage and inclose a shoesole, clamping arms slidable on said plate and adapted to engage theside edges of the shoe sole at the arched portion thereof, and a leverconnected to said arms adapted to engage a side edge of the shoe soleand hold said clamping arms in engagement therewith.

8. An overshoe comprising a plate having side walls adapted to inclosethe side edges of a shoe sole, and a member in the side walls of saidplate to cause said side walls to snugly engage the upper of the shoe,said member having the ends thereof shaped for attachment to the sidewalls of said plate and to overlie the upper side edges of the shoesole.

ln testimony whereof l aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ALFRED J OHN SON.

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